technical specifications

Tableau Desktop: professional edition
  • Contains all analysis & visualization features
  • Connects to all Tableau supported data sources, including relational databases, multi-dimensional databases and desktop files
  • Connects to Tableau Server for web-based analytics
  • Microsoft® Windows® Vista, XP, 2003, or 2000
  • 35 megabytes minimum free disk space
  • Download trial +

Tableau Desktop: personal edition

  • Contains all analysis & visualization features
  • Connects to desktop data files – Excel, Access, text (csv) files, and Tableau data extracts
  • Microsoft® Windows® Vista, XP, 2003, or 2000
  • 35 megabytes minimum free disk space
  • Download trial +
Tableau Reader
  • Opens any Tableau Packaged Workbook in a simplified user experience optimized for viewing
  • Supports viewing, filtering, paging, sorting, exporting, and printing
  • Microsoft® Windows® Vista, XP, 2003 Server, or 2000
  • 20 megabytes minimum free disk space
  • Download free application +

Tableau Server

  • Delivers web-based analytics from any workbook created by Tableau Professional
  • Delivered as a complete solution, no other prerequisite software required
  • Connects to all Tableau supported data sources, including relational databases, multi-dimensional databases and desktop files
  • Publish content to the server from Tableau Professional
  • Microsoft® Windows® 2003 Server, XP (see note 1)
  • Supports access from Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 & 7, and Mozilla Firefox 2.x
  • Supports Microsoft Active Directory, in addition to the built-in Tableau user system, for user authentication and group membership definitions
  • Dual-core, 1.8 GHz or higher minimum recommended CPU
  • 2 gigabytes minimum system memory
  • 500 megabytes minimum free disk space
  • Download trial +

Data Sources

  • Firebird 2.0 or later
  • Hyperion Essbase 7x and System 9 or later
  • IBM DB2 8.0 or later (running on pSeries or xSeries)
  • Microsoft Access 2000 or later
  • Microsoft Analysis Services 2000 or later
  • Microsoft Excel 2000 or later
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2000 or later
  • MySQL 3.23 or later
  • Netezza release 3 or later (requires Netezza ODBC driver version 3.1.4 or later)
  • Oracle 9i or later
  • PostgreSQL 7.0 or later
  • Text files, comma delimited format

Internationalization

All of Tableau’s products are Unicode enabled and compatible with data stored in any language. The user interface and supporting documentation are in English.

Virtualized Environments

All of Tableau’s products operate in virtualized environments when they are configured with the proper underlying Windows operating system and minimum hardware requirements. These virtualization solutions include VMWare, Microsoft Virtual PC, and Citrix environments.

Notes

Before installing the Tableau Server on your Windows XP desktop, Tableau recommends that you consult any applicable license agreements that may restrict or otherwise limit your ability to install server applications on your desktop.